Sean Smith was a husband and a father of two, who joined the Department ten years ago. Like Chris, Sean was one of our best. Prior to arriving in Benghazi, he served in Baghdad, Pretoria, Montreal, and most recently The Hague.

The Mittani, an online gaming community, posted this tribute to Smith: RIP Vile Rat[Update by SH] The RIP tribute also included this- chilling chat:

"(12:54:09 PM) vile_rat: assuming we don't die tonight. We saw one of our 'police' that guard the compound taking pictures."

"Taking pictures" fits with what I updated below "Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the building to which the American officials had been relocated.

We pray for the families of those murdered and that justice is served on those who attack the United States.

According to al-Sharef[Libyan Interior Ministry..ed], the angry mob stormed the consulate after the U.S. troops who responded fired rounds into the air to try and disperse the crowd. Al-Sharef said there had been threats that Islamic militants might try to take revenge for the death of al Qaeda's No. 2 commander Abu Yahya al-Libi, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in June, and he said the U.S. consulate should have been better protected.

Confirming al-Libi's death for the first time in a video posted online Monday, al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahri called on Muslim's in al-Libi's native Libya to take revenge for his death.

He said Stevens, 52, and other officials were moved to a second building - deemed safer - after the initial wave of protests at the consulate compound. According to al-Sharef, members of the Libyan security team seem to have indicated to the protesters the building to which the American officials had been relocated, and that building then came under attack.

"Seemed to"? So in other words the security team decided to help out a bit.

There have been indications in recent months that radical, armed Islamic groups have gained a foothold in Libya since the fall of the Qaddafi regime.

One of the groups to emerge in post-revolution Libya, Ansar al-Sharia, claimed responsibility Wednesday for the attack in Benghazi, which has been condemned by the country's new government.

Update V (Jane): Meet the Ambassador, in his own words:

Update VI by SH: What we have thought all along, the attack on the embassy was planned and the movie was used as an excuse:

CNNBut U.S. sources told CNN on Wednesday that the Benghazi attack was planned, and the attackers used the protest outside the consulate as a diversion. The sources could not say whether the attackers instigated the protest or merely took advantage of it, and they say they don't believe Stevens was specifically targeted.

A senior U.S. official familiar with the details of the attack said a rocket-propelled grenade set the building ablaze, leaving the Americans facing a fire inside and attackers outside. Stevens and the others who died were separated from the rest of the staff while trying to escape to the roof of the building and succumbed to smoke inhalation, the senior official said.

California-born ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in the assault, but it was not clear how or where he died. U.S. consular staff were rushed to a safe house after the initial attack, Libya’s Deputy Interior Minister Wanis Al-Sharif said[...]

An evacuation plane with U.S. commandos units then arrived from Tripoli to evacuate them from the house.

“It was supposed to be a secret place and we were surprised the armed groups knew about it

With Sean Smith's chilling chat about security personnel "taking pictures" and what I updated about "security personnel "showing where the embassy staff where located". The answer is yes, absolutely.

BTW, Obama skipped Intel briefing before the embassy attacks. Apparently he prefers to read the intel instead of meeting with his security advisers. 9/11 anniversary's are always a time to keep track of chatter, video's like Zawahiri released and stuff. Now Americans are dead and he can't vote present.

Oh, and the AP of terrorists has identified the "real name" of the manager of the company that made the Mohammad film. Gee, who gives a flying f**k. He didn't kill Ambassador Stevens, Mr Smith and the two others. ROPMA did, dammit to hell!